英语词汇“to be wanting to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) to be wanting to: (of a person) to fail to help or aid; to fall short of (a standard or expectation); to prove unequal to. Now rare.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc.

to be wanting to1539

unbeseem1814

1539 T. Paynell tr. St. Cyprian Serm. on Lordes Prayer sig. C.v He that hath god, lacketh nothynge, yf he hym selfe be not wantyng to god.

1568 D. Rowland tr. G. A. Grifoni Comfortable Ayde for Scholers 88 I was neuer wantinge to thine honour.

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. xliii. 176 When they had all promised rather to dye then be wanting to the duty of a good Knight [Fr. plustost que manquer au deuoir d'vn bon cheualier].

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 271 Nor shall I to the work thou enterprisest Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid.

1724 W. Crowe Duty Promoting Publick Peace 15 These men were very grossly wanting to the duty I have been insisting on.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. i. 17 Cerdic was not wanting to his good fortune.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 141 The Earl of the West-Saxons was not a man to be wanting to his country at such a moment.

1872 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. Ded. p. vi You have never been wanting to me..when I had occasion in any difficulty to seek your guidance.

1946 Hermathena May 64 Molyneux felt that silence on his part would have shown him wanting to his country, and indeed to mankind.

单词	to be wanting to
释义	> as lemmas to be wanting to (b) to be wanting to: (of a person) to fail to help or aid; to fall short of (a standard or expectation); to prove unequal to. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc. to be wanting to1539 unbeseem1814 1539 T. Paynell tr. St. Cyprian Serm. on Lordes Prayer sig. C.v He that hath god, lacketh nothynge, yf he hym selfe be not wantyng to god. 1568 D. Rowland tr. G. A. Grifoni Comfortable Ayde for Scholers 88 I was neuer wantinge to thine honour. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. xliii. 176 When they had all promised rather to dye then be wanting to the duty of a good Knight [Fr. plustost que manquer au deuoir d'vn bon cheualier]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 271 Nor shall I to the work thou enterprisest Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid. View more context for this quotation 1724 W. Crowe Duty Promoting Publick Peace 15 These men were very grossly wanting to the duty I have been insisting on. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. i. 17 Cerdic was not wanting to his good fortune. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 141 The Earl of the West-Saxons was not a man to be wanting to his country at such a moment. 1872 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. Ded. p. vi You have never been wanting to me..when I had occasion in any difficulty to seek your guidance. 1946 Hermathena May 64 Molyneux felt that silence on his part would have shown him wanting to his country, and indeed to mankind. extracted from wantingadj. < as lemmas
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